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ˈwillyart, a. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 6 wilȝart, 8 wylart, 9 willyard, williard, willward.
[Obscurely f. will a.2; associated later with will n.1]
1. Wild; shy.
1590J. Burel in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems ii. (1709) 19 Quhiles wandring, quhiles dandring, Like royd and wilzart rais. 1786Burns On Dining with Lord Daer iv, But O for Hogarth's magic pow'r To show Sir Bardy's willyart glowr!
2. Self-willed, obstinate.
1791J. Learmont Poems 26 Had ye Byng'd some wylart bairns, It wad hae gien the laive mair harns. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xiii, Uh! uh! it's a hard-set willyard beast this o' mine. 1876Whitby Gloss., Willward, self-willed. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Williard, obstinate; self-willed. |